
‘Adelina Patti’ is in the Camellia Register but the red form ‘Adelina Patti Red’ (2E-001) is not. It does look like a red form of the white margined ‘Adelina Patti’.
‘Coccinea’ (2E-005) is now dead (July 2018) having been strimmed at the base.
‘Cornish Excellence’ (2E-013 & 2E-014) were labelled ‘Eric Baker’, which was a name given to ‘Trewithen White’, a full double. ‘Cornish Excellence’ was raised at Trewithen Garden and I was able to compare these two plants with the original.
‘Himeotome Red’ (2E-018 & 2E-019) is presumably a red form of the Japanese ‘Hime-otome’. It appears to be unregistered.
‘Minnie Maddern Fiske’ (2E-025 & 2E-026) is an American raised variety that doesn’t belong in this section. In the register it is described as very large and a uniform rose pink, which raises doubts about these plants. They also appear identical to ‘Mollie Moore Davis’ (1C-011).
‘Red Cardinal’ (2E-029 & 2E-030) is described as “deep pinkish red” whereas these are blood red. ‘Cardinal’ (Marchants), described as cardinal red, is a possibility.
‘Ruby Creek’ is an unregistered variety raised by Nick Creek.
‘Sylvia’ is probably ‘Sylva’, not having enough petals to be ‘Sylvia’, which is in any case of Italian origin.
























































































































































